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mitt romney is polling at 0% among black voters. given among how he is campaigning, maybe it's a number for him among black voters we can trust. as for latino voters, the romney/ryan ticket is polling very poorly. it's 63% to 28%. 35-point margin, almost exactly the same margin that mccain and palin lost the latino vote when they lost to barack obama and joe biden. is the republican national convention going to help them at the convention. in the platform they wrote they want the arizona papers please law for the whole country after that, the romney immigration advisor celebrated by suing the federal government today trying to stop the president's dream act program that he instituted by executive action starting this month over the objectin inobjections of the republican congress. you can't necessarily say the republicans are in hot pursuit right now. same thing for the african-american vote of which they currently enjoy 0% support. with less support among black voters, how can the republicans expect to win this time? there is a tac
mitt romney is polling at 0% among black voters. given among how he is campaigning, maybe it's a number for him among black voters we can trust. as for latino voters, the romney/ryan ticket is polling very poorly. it's 63% to 28%. 35-point margin, almost exactly the same margin that mccain and palin lost the latino vote when they lost to barack obama and joe biden. is the republican national convention going to help them at the convention. in the platform they wrote they want the arizona papers...
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romney's poll numbers are going in the opposite direction. an anonymous romney advisor chalked the bad poll numbers up to a conspiracy. the advisor told the national review, sometimes i think there's a conscious effort between the media to get republicans redegrees presed. i hope people realize these media analysts are democrats who want us to lose. the romney campaign is dealing with the latest reality of the campaign in two ways. denial and hysteria. and mitt romney himself is firmly in denial mode. >> i have really two months to be able to convince people i can do a better job than the incumbent. so i'm in a better spot than i was before the convention. . >> mitt romney sure has a funny definition of the word better. get your cell phones out. tonight's question, does mitt romney have a coherent message for voters? text a for yes or b for no. leave a comment on our blog. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. i just think this election is so well-defined, the issues. it's amazing to me we're inside 60 days and the romney campaign
romney's poll numbers are going in the opposite direction. an anonymous romney advisor chalked the bad poll numbers up to a conspiracy. the advisor told the national review, sometimes i think there's a conscious effort between the media to get republicans redegrees presed. i hope people realize these media analysts are democrats who want us to lose. the romney campaign is dealing with the latest reality of the campaign in two ways. denial and hysteria. and mitt romney himself is firmly in...
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and their last poll this year is projecting a 39-point loss for romney. in another poll, the decisions poll out ahead of the election a couple days ago shows an even worse result. pew has romney down by 39 points. latino decisions has him down by 49 points. 13 points worse than john mccain did when john mccain lost badly. so yes, this race is close. the polls say president obama is likely to win even though it's going to be close. if you're curious, the reason they think they might not lose is because of who they think will actually vote. who will be able to vote and have their vote counted? they are counting on electorate choosing the president that turns back time in terms of how white the country really is. here's my question, though. even if that works tomorrow, is that really a plan for the future? joining us now is frank rich, new york magazine's writer at large. it's great to have you here. >> great to be here with you. >> i don't usually do segments with that many numbers, but when i started doing it on white voters, i felt like i just ran into a
and their last poll this year is projecting a 39-point loss for romney. in another poll, the decisions poll out ahead of the election a couple days ago shows an even worse result. pew has romney down by 39 points. latino decisions has him down by 49 points. 13 points worse than john mccain did when john mccain lost badly. so yes, this race is close. the polls say president obama is likely to win even though it's going to be close. if you're curious, the reason they think they might not lose is...
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we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about ohio, as ohio has become even more important? >> well, ohio's very important, wisconsin. we're seeing in pennsylvania, there was one poll that just came out that showed that romney was ahead by a few points. so, again, there's all these different battleground states in play at this point. >> so they may have shifted scenarios here at this point, saying, things are looking closer in ohio, let's rejigger. >> you have to civil right for every vote, and part of it is allocating these resources. when you have to invest resources in different areas, at this point in north carolina,
we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about...
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most of this year when polled does better than mitt romney. the fact that mitt romney is a flip flopper was bad. the fact that now in these closing weeks in ohio he's a liar and a liar who gets busted and keeps lying i think has hurt him in a very severe way and really scrambles some of those rules that you're talking about. >> the number that i do think is in other meaningful is the gallup approval rating. the president has an approval rating of 52. there have been times when the approval number has not had a 5 as a first digit. that is more worrying, i would think. >> i would take that poll with a grain of salt. they had romney up six now they've closed it up to romney just one. that approval rating at 52% has to be encouraging. there's been for a while this gap between the national polls and the state polls, where it looked like the president had an electoral college lead but in the popular vote was trailing 20 mitt romney. now the two sets of polls have converged so it does like the president has a slight lead and at the state level. the h
most of this year when polled does better than mitt romney. the fact that mitt romney is a flip flopper was bad. the fact that now in these closing weeks in ohio he's a liar and a liar who gets busted and keeps lying i think has hurt him in a very severe way and really scrambles some of those rules that you're talking about. >> the number that i do think is in other meaningful is the gallup approval rating. the president has an approval rating of 52. there have been times when the...
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and one sure sign the romney campaign believes the polls mean trouble came when an unnamed romney adviser said polls don't matter. that's what you say when you're behind. one way republicans can even things out is making it harder for democrats to vote. in ohio they're voting to extend voting hours in republican hours and limit them in democratic areas. it sounds farfetched, i know. but it's true. >>> also if you want to know who your enemies are in politics, wait to see who criticizes you when you make a mistake. mitt romney's campaign has made a few of them lately. why the right might never trust romney. >>> and the funny d.l. huguely will tell us how the audacity of dopes is ruining america. that's half of his title of his book. the other half i can't say on tv. >>> and stephen colbert takes bachmann's side kind of. he says since he's a muslim and a brother, he's part of the muslim brotherhood. >>> we begin with the slide show. ed rendell was governor of pennsylvania. he's now an msnbc analyst. gentlemen, take a look at three new polls that have come out in the past few days. all have
and one sure sign the romney campaign believes the polls mean trouble came when an unnamed romney adviser said polls don't matter. that's what you say when you're behind. one way republicans can even things out is making it harder for democrats to vote. in ohio they're voting to extend voting hours in republican hours and limit them in democratic areas. it sounds farfetched, i know. but it's true. >>> also if you want to know who your enemies are in politics, wait to see who criticizes...
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polls have shown movement towards mitt romney on foreign policy. to the larger question, does this go to competence? >> i think every day the romney campaign is talking about something other than the economy is probably a bad day for them. i think it's a sign of their desperation they have to make politics out of what was a terrible tragedy. and i think the obama administration has a lot of good things on foreign policy to talk about. he's president of the united states. i think, you know, the situation was unfortunately and all the information sometimes doesn't come out as timely as people would like because it's the fog of war. but i think people have great confidence in barack obama's abilities on foreign policy and how he's managed difficult situations overseas. >> john, as mitt romney has said president obama didn't level with american people about that. to that quote, here's what david plouffe said over the weekend. >> that is preposterous and really offensive to say that. once information was received, it was distributed. this record on terr
polls have shown movement towards mitt romney on foreign policy. to the larger question, does this go to competence? >> i think every day the romney campaign is talking about something other than the economy is probably a bad day for them. i think it's a sign of their desperation they have to make politics out of what was a terrible tragedy. and i think the obama administration has a lot of good things on foreign policy to talk about. he's president of the united states. i think, you...
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. >> it's not consistent with our polling, steve. >> the romney campaign has officially joined the poll truthers. tonight, we will debunk the republican alternate reality. heres ndtaro g n pog is year by the media organizations. >> and there's more fallout from senator scott brown's race-baiting campaign. we'll have the latest from boston. >>and e st o'srt jobs" gets his dirtiest job yet. >> mike rowe, as you know, well, he's a guy who has made a name for himself by doing things other people don't want to do. really ugly, dirty jobs. like standing with a politician. >>'lplwhkee waan oe g age with the wrong candidate today. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. no republican candidate has ever lost ohio and won the presidency. mi romney is on the verge of isti.g yet another victim of ohio's 18 electoral votes are vital to romney's chances of winning in november. if mitt romney loses ohio, he's going to have to win all six swing states where the president currently leads. the president's lead in ohio is starting to look dominant. in a fox news poll, president ob
. >> it's not consistent with our polling, steve. >> the romney campaign has officially joined the poll truthers. tonight, we will debunk the republican alternate reality. heres ndtaro g n pog is year by the media organizations. >> and there's more fallout from senator scott brown's race-baiting campaign. we'll have the latest from boston. >>and e st o'srt jobs" gets his dirtiest job yet. >> mike rowe, as you know, well, he's a guy who has made a name for...
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the new national journal poll shows romney's at least 7 points behind, a poll of 12 swing states shows romney is actually slipping. he had a 1-point lead over president obama last month. today the president's lead, well, he moved 5 points ahead. but wait. you might say there are still 46 days left until the election, romney's got some time, right? actually, the voting has already started. absentee ballots are going out in dozens of states. for instance, in iowa, election officials are getting a record number of requests. 30% more than in 2008. by tomorrow half the country will be casting votes either by absentee ballot or early in-person voting. bit end of the month people in 30 states will be able to cast a ballot. mitt romney's problems might be costing him the election before act even begins. let's bring in ari melber, correspondent for "the nation" magazine and ted strickland. governor, let's start with you. how serious, how damaging, how bad a week has this been for mitt romney? and then throw on the fact that on a 5:00 document dump on a friday afternoon, put it all together. >>
the new national journal poll shows romney's at least 7 points behind, a poll of 12 swing states shows romney is actually slipping. he had a 1-point lead over president obama last month. today the president's lead, well, he moved 5 points ahead. but wait. you might say there are still 46 days left until the election, romney's got some time, right? actually, the voting has already started. absentee ballots are going out in dozens of states. for instance, in iowa, election officials are getting a...
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the latest latino decisions poll shows president obama beating governor mitt romney by 48 points among latino voters. 48 points. that's the margin. the de facto leader of the republican party is not just less popular with latino voters, he's in are you kidding me territory. the republicans have been trying hard to fix this problem. for example, they announced a latino outreach team called juntos con romney. they put out a video of one of mr. romney's sons, i think it's craig, speaking spanish. [ speaking spanish ] >> it is craig. hola, craig romney. maybe that will work. maybe that's what most latino voters care about. maybe the republicans in congress will make sure to hold hearings on english only. one of the first rules of political competition is that when your opponent is setting themselves proverbially on fire, you should not provide water. when somebody's messing up, just get out of the way. the democrats today could have got out of the way. i guess put out press releases about the fact the republicans were shooting themselves in the foot like this. look how the republicans are
the latest latino decisions poll shows president obama beating governor mitt romney by 48 points among latino voters. 48 points. that's the margin. the de facto leader of the republican party is not just less popular with latino voters, he's in are you kidding me territory. the republicans have been trying hard to fix this problem. for example, they announced a latino outreach team called juntos con romney. they put out a video of one of mr. romney's sons, i think it's craig, speaking spanish....
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one area where romney's people are talking aboutpanding the map, michigan. >> a new poll finds mitt romney is closing in on president obama's once-comfortable lead in that state. "the detroit news"/local 4 poll found among likely voters, the race has tightened to be within the margin of error. earlier this month romney was trailing president obama by approximately six percentage points. and with signs that michigan is once again in play, the pro-romney super pac restore our future launched a $2.2 million ad, and the obama campaign is countering with its first network tv ads in michigan. the ads are expected to begin airing today and will run through election day. >> so mark halperin, michigan. i'm sorry. >> go ahead. >> michigan. that's a good poll, right? >> it is. >> michigan's in play now. >> i mean, if you look -- if you think that the quinnipiac poll is right about ohio, then the obama explanation of why they're going into these states is more credible. >> these states being michigan and pennsylvania. >> which is not oh, my god, the sky is falling, we're losing everywhere, we need to
one area where romney's people are talking aboutpanding the map, michigan. >> a new poll finds mitt romney is closing in on president obama's once-comfortable lead in that state. "the detroit news"/local 4 poll found among likely voters, the race has tightened to be within the margin of error. earlier this month romney was trailing president obama by approximately six percentage points. and with signs that michigan is once again in play, the pro-romney super pac restore our...
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registered voters shows romney up 7% on romney, 52 to 45%, and a fox news poll shows the president up nine points on romney, 49 to 40%. the president's biggest lead in that poll since romney became the presumptive nominee. joining ema ining n ining me no discussing my father was a jesuit seminarian. i feel like i know you, father, already. in all seriousness, father, i'm curious to get your reaction to that ad. what was striking to me about the ad and what's striking me about going on this issue was there was a huge fight over this provision of the affordable care act and whether religious institutions like universities would have to cover preventive care including birth control for free. and that was a political battle that was waged and i think the democrats won that political battle in purely political terms. but it just seemed like a strange thing to me to be trotting out in august in a general election campaign. do you feel the symbolism there and the picture of the pope and the be not afraid and rousing music has some sort of power with the catholic voter that i'm missing? >> it
registered voters shows romney up 7% on romney, 52 to 45%, and a fox news poll shows the president up nine points on romney, 49 to 40%. the president's biggest lead in that poll since romney became the presumptive nominee. joining ema ining n ining me no discussing my father was a jesuit seminarian. i feel like i know you, father, already. in all seriousness, father, i'm curious to get your reaction to that ad. what was striking to me about the ad and what's striking me about going on this...
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in colorado, in one right-leaning poll romney is now up by 3 points. the same showed him losing by 5 before the debate. now he's up by 3. in virginia, the president is ahead by 3 in virginia. that same poll had the president's lead at 5 points before the debate. that shows the president's lead shrinking. in michigan, it's now barack obama by just 3 points. the president had led by 10 last month. now it's down to 3. in ohio today, a poll on the right gives the president an edge of 2 points. that poll in iowa shows a gain for mr. obama, a 5-point gain. in florida, the same poll shows a 4-point swing for romney. he's up by 2 points. so the major fall or minor lift, however, you rattle the number lose, as the overall national polling shifts and the swing state races shift with them, the state where the romney campaign is hoping for the biggest shift of all is in ohio. in modern political history, ohio has been the path to the presidency for republican candidates. if republican candidates win ohio, they win the white house. if mitt romney doesn't win ohio,
in colorado, in one right-leaning poll romney is now up by 3 points. the same showed him losing by 5 before the debate. now he's up by 3. in virginia, the president is ahead by 3 in virginia. that same poll had the president's lead at 5 points before the debate. that shows the president's lead shrinking. in michigan, it's now barack obama by just 3 points. the president had led by 10 last month. now it's down to 3. in ohio today, a poll on the right gives the president an edge of 2 points. that...
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romney currently holding a three-point lead. that is a rasmussen poll. in virginia, it's president obama up by seven. in florida, it's president obama up by five. in colorado, it's president obama up by one. in wisconsin, it's president obama up by six. in michigan, it's obama by eight. in ohio, it's obama by seven. and while it is those state-by-state numbers in the swing states that are the most important way to understand the math of who's going to win on election night, obviously, the biggest big picture snapshot that we can take of the race is still just the straight national poll. the latest gallup daily tracking poll out shows president obama today with a slim one-point lead. that's down from six points just after the democratic convention. the latest national poll from nbc news that was released yesterday shows the national lead for mr. obama at five points. also of note in the nbc poll, the percentage of people who say the country is headed in the right direction is now at the highest level in this poll since 2009. the very latest national poll
romney currently holding a three-point lead. that is a rasmussen poll. in virginia, it's president obama up by seven. in florida, it's president obama up by five. in colorado, it's president obama up by one. in wisconsin, it's president obama up by six. in michigan, it's obama by eight. in ohio, it's obama by seven. and while it is those state-by-state numbers in the swing states that are the most important way to understand the math of who's going to win on election night, obviously, the...
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we saw a poll yesterday by triple p that showed wisconsin, romney is the lead there. there has been a huge jump in wisconsin which is where it's going to matter. if they can turn it into a tossup category and win it, that creates all kinds of electoral pap problems for the democrats. >> we'll take a look at wisconsin and see if there is an uptick as a result of ryan. up next, mitt romney's link to a physician and so-called father of the anti-abortion movement. he's often cited by those who believe pregnancies from rape are rare. and a closer look at that brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. why our first read team says it looks more like a poll that you at home would probably see in october rather than august. what that tells us. >>> and the national urban league, blasting nike as it prepare to release what could be the most expensive sneaker ever sold. the group calls the nike lebron x a "empty status symbol," and now want the company not to release the shoe all together. is the urban league crossing the line on telling nike what shoe they can sell in the p
we saw a poll yesterday by triple p that showed wisconsin, romney is the lead there. there has been a huge jump in wisconsin which is where it's going to matter. if they can turn it into a tossup category and win it, that creates all kinds of electoral pap problems for the democrats. >> we'll take a look at wisconsin and see if there is an uptick as a result of ryan. up next, mitt romney's link to a physician and so-called father of the anti-abortion movement. he's often cited by those...
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mitt romney polling at 47%. enough of the real news, let's watch stewart and colbert break down the iowa caucuses. colbert warns romney he made a big mistake by leaving newt gingrich alive in the race. >> newt has the knives out for mitt romney. listen to these not so veiled threats he issued last night. >> we will not go out and run nasty ads, but i do reserve the right to tell the truth. if the truth seems negative that may be more a comment on his record than it is on politics. >> oh, you have made a fatal mistake. you may have wounded newt. but you left him alive. and alone with his first love -- hate. newt's wound will now fester, oosing a pustulant rage which will render down to liquid vengeance and pour into the hollow-nosed bullet and fire into the romney dreams and dance on the grave. but not in a negative way. personally, i cannot wait for this weekend's debates in new hampshire, because when mitt romney least expect it, gingrich will turn to him and say -- >> hello, my name is newt gingrich. prepare t
mitt romney polling at 47%. enough of the real news, let's watch stewart and colbert break down the iowa caucuses. colbert warns romney he made a big mistake by leaving newt gingrich alive in the race. >> newt has the knives out for mitt romney. listen to these not so veiled threats he issued last night. >> we will not go out and run nasty ads, but i do reserve the right to tell the truth. if the truth seems negative that may be more a comment on his record than it is on politics....
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. >> i am polling people but do you vote for romney or obama? >> i thought you were registering voters a minute ago. >> i am, i am. >> and who are you registering? all voters? >> i'm actually trying to register people for a particular party because we're out here in support of romney actually. i am. >> and who is paying you for this? >> oh, the -- let me see, we're working for the county clerk's office. >> okay. you cannot come out here -- >> working for the county clerk's office. that means taxpayer dollars goes to that teen-age person to go out and register people who are going to vote for mitt romney. the fox affiliate confirmed the woman worked for the republican firm. this is what happens when republicans get their backs against the wall. they cheat. but i don't think they're going to get away with it. democrats and progressives are schooled up on the latest dirty tricks. eight years ago the republican voter fraud in florida may have gone unnoticed. today we know better. republicans can use lies and intimidation to try to win but no one is
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so, you know, you clearly saw when he was picked, a bump in the polling for romney there was a bounce from paul ryan. but then you had the conventions come along. not a good convention for romney as far as we can tell from the polling, and that ryan bounce for the moment seems to have evaporated. >> jason stein, milwaukee journal sentinel, thanks for your time. perry bacon jr. of the grio. gentlemen, we'd like to have you back a little bit later here in this hour if you don't mind. >> thanks, craig. >>> the battle of the spouses in this presidential campaign. michelle obama set to address a key constituency for her husband tonight in pennsylvania. and ann romney will go late night next week. we'll tell you what show she'll be appearing on without her husband. [ male announcer ] 6 years old. then 7. going on 11. in the blink of an eye, they're all grown up. marie callender's homemade tastes are another great reason to sit down and savor every last moment. ♪ because time flies... right before your eyes. marie callender's. it's time to savor. begins with back pain and a choice. take ad
so, you know, you clearly saw when he was picked, a bump in the polling for romney there was a bounce from paul ryan. but then you had the conventions come along. not a good convention for romney as far as we can tell from the polling, and that ryan bounce for the moment seems to have evaporated. >> jason stein, milwaukee journal sentinel, thanks for your time. perry bacon jr. of the grio. gentlemen, we'd like to have you back a little bit later here in this hour if you don't mind....
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we also have national polls and mitt romney, it's time for the finger vision. the latest fox news national polls shows president obama up a by 5 points. that's the fox news poll. the gallup daily tracking poll had been close. now gallup shows president obama up a by 6. even the quite ostentatiously republican leaning rasmussen poll gives president obama a 1-point lead nationally. in the states that matter, the obama campaign is ahead. things could change. we've got the debate starting n next week, there's long way to go, it's politics, anything could happen. but right now the obama campaign is solidly and consistently ahead. tactically what that means is the obama campaign has to convert being ahead in people's preferences to actual votes. since they are clearly ahead, a good time to get those votes cast is right now. because thanks to early voting, people are casting ballots right now. so this lead that they have now in the polls can be banked. it can be turned into actual votes while they're still ahead, even if they don't end up being this far ahead by elect
we also have national polls and mitt romney, it's time for the finger vision. the latest fox news national polls shows president obama up a by 5 points. that's the fox news poll. the gallup daily tracking poll had been close. now gallup shows president obama up a by 6. even the quite ostentatiously republican leaning rasmussen poll gives president obama a 1-point lead nationally. in the states that matter, the obama campaign is ahead. things could change. we've got the debate starting n next...
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. >> mitt romney is trying to turn the momentum from his debate performance. >> polls show mitt romney got a bounce. >> new polls. >> into a political tidal wave on the campaign trail. >> mitt romney will say absolutely anything to get elected. >> at the debate he said he's not going to cut taxes for the wealthy. in the primary he said he's going to cut taxes for everyone. >> i'm going to lower rates across the board for all americans. isn't that a change? >> let me repeat what i said. >> lying, denying and alibiing. >> is that leadership? >> we can't debate the debate. >> the war continues. >> let's move on. >> we are awaiting a major foreign policy address. >> romney boiled down the president's foreign policy to one of hope. >> hope is not a strategy. >> but on actual foreign policy romney's specifics were rather thin. >> i'll support the libyan's people efforts to support a lasting government. >> how about iran? >> prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. >> that's the same. >> this is the same guy who couldn't even go to the olympics. >> he will say anything, he will
. >> mitt romney is trying to turn the momentum from his debate performance. >> polls show mitt romney got a bounce. >> new polls. >> into a political tidal wave on the campaign trail. >> mitt romney will say absolutely anything to get elected. >> at the debate he said he's not going to cut taxes for the wealthy. in the primary he said he's going to cut taxes for everyone. >> i'm going to lower rates across the board for all americans. isn't that a...
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that they are behind in polls. they show the same sort of spread that nbc has, that pew has, that "the washington post" has. but this is a campaign in a tailspin. they're going to try to right the ship on wednesday. but if you look at the numbers, a lot of the damage was done over the summer when the obama campaign decided early on to define mitt romney as a plutokrat, someone out of touch with the main stream and romney doubles down on obama's strategy with this video that came out. so they're in a real situation here and they've got a short time to right it. >> it's offensive if you unpack and think about it. what he's saying is we're all stupid. we don't remember that the polls have shown republicans up a lot. and secondly this idea that people in the media, if their personal views go one way, the product of the reporting goes another way. i don't think there's resonating with the public at all. if you go back to important media failures like the iraq war or the financial crisis, on iraq there may have been a lo
that they are behind in polls. they show the same sort of spread that nbc has, that pew has, that "the washington post" has. but this is a campaign in a tailspin. they're going to try to right the ship on wednesday. but if you look at the numbers, a lot of the damage was done over the summer when the obama campaign decided early on to define mitt romney as a plutokrat, someone out of touch with the main stream and romney doubles down on obama's strategy with this video that came out....
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a new poll shows presidentbama running ten points ahead of mitt romney in ohio, which is where abc news found mitt romney evyds he dropped on im abo 47% of the american people. >> about the people you said you couldn't convince to take greater responsibility. those are heavy words. >> what i'm talking about is a political process. i don't expect to get 100% o the vote i he get 50-plus % and make sure i get the next president. >> that was his answer to the worst possible thing he could have said in his campaign, that was the best he could respond with. notice that no where in that answer does tt romney attempt to actually repair tamag o hiecy recorded words. he simply says i'm just trying to get more than 50% of the vote. no word of explanation. no attempt of an apology to any w heard him say this.s who have >> 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right? there are 47% who are with him, whore dependent upon government, who believe they are victims, w believe that they are entitle to health care, food, to housing. they pay no income tax. >> president obama
a new poll shows presidentbama running ten points ahead of mitt romney in ohio, which is where abc news found mitt romney evyds he dropped on im abo 47% of the american people. >> about the people you said you couldn't convince to take greater responsibility. those are heavy words. >> what i'm talking about is a political process. i don't expect to get 100% o the vote i he get 50-plus % and make sure i get the next president. >> that was his answer to the worst possible thing...
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rick santorum is now grabbed the lead over mitt romney in two new polls out of romney's home state of michigan. also leap frogged mitt romney in a pair of national polls that were released today. if you look at the states that have vote sod far, santorum has won just as many states as mitt romney has and santorum's rise in the polls perfectly coincides with the central argument of mitt romney's candidacy beginning to fall apart. mitt romney is supposed to be the guy who can beat president obama. the uber-electable republican, that makes up for his short comings, you don't have to love the guy, he can win, you support him. look how he's doing among in thes. a month ago, mitt romney was beating president obama in independents by 10 points. now he's losing that group to president obama by 9 point margin. mitt romney is hemorrhaging support among independents. today, the influential magazine "the national review" publish an editorial calling for newt gingrich to drop out of the race. writing "the proper course for newt gingrich now is to endorse santorum and exit" when you look at the rep
rick santorum is now grabbed the lead over mitt romney in two new polls out of romney's home state of michigan. also leap frogged mitt romney in a pair of national polls that were released today. if you look at the states that have vote sod far, santorum has won just as many states as mitt romney has and santorum's rise in the polls perfectly coincides with the central argument of mitt romney's candidacy beginning to fall apart. mitt romney is supposed to be the guy who can beat president...
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look at the gallup poll, romney still neck in neck with president obama. conservatives are wary of the taxes he running, but big picture, this is a close race. >> thank you very much. >>> next, which former presidential candidate now says he'd have a substantial lead over president obama if he were the nominee? that's next in the "slide show." this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> to habl. this is "the side show." espn, there's buzz in the sports world about john l. smith, head coach of the university of arkansas. in addition to a dismal start for his fifth football team, smith's racked up $25 million in personal debt and recently filed for bankruptcy. let's go to espn's "outside the lines," where a panel weighed in on smith's trouble and found a prominent political figure to compare him with. >> sitting down with john l. smith and saying cut out the circus act is impossible. no one in this country with the possible exception of mitt romney's had a worse two weeks than john l. smith. >> how would you characties the last couple of years in smith's
look at the gallup poll, romney still neck in neck with president obama. conservatives are wary of the taxes he running, but big picture, this is a close race. >> thank you very much. >>> next, which former presidential candidate now says he'd have a substantial lead over president obama if he were the nominee? that's next in the "slide show." this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> to habl. this is "the side show." espn, there's...
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we know mitt romney's extremely hard to beat here in new hampshire, but now a new poll shows mitt with a strong lead in south carolina as well. rick santorum hopes to be the guy to stop him, but santorum is learning that that old e.f. hutton motto holds for presidential candidates, too. when front-runners talk, people listen. and santorum is having a sticky time scoring points after his first-place tie in iowa. newt takes on mitt. in just a few weeks, newt gingrich has gone from undisputed front-runner to also ran. and he has mitt romney and his stealth ad campaign to thank for that. i sat down with newt last night after the program and he did not hold back. >> he ought to take those ads home and show them to his grandsons and said, grandpa did this, what do you think about this kind of trash on television? >> newt vows to be the last man in the fight with mitt. >>> plus, politico called it mitt's weekend from hell. the big debate weekend coming up with everyone looking down -- looking to take down romney. "meet the press" anchor and debate host david gregory looks ahead to what could
we know mitt romney's extremely hard to beat here in new hampshire, but now a new poll shows mitt with a strong lead in south carolina as well. rick santorum hopes to be the guy to stop him, but santorum is learning that that old e.f. hutton motto holds for presidential candidates, too. when front-runners talk, people listen. and santorum is having a sticky time scoring points after his first-place tie in iowa. newt takes on mitt. in just a few weeks, newt gingrich has gone from undisputed...
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romney by four full points heading into the conventions suggesting that romney maybe didn't get much of a bounce from his vp selection of ryan. other polls show slightly different results. you're looking at an obama lead of one or two points. that's what it's been for a few months now. does any of this come as a surprise when you consider the state of the economy and unemployment well above 8%? you think obama might be doing worse than this. why is he outperforming himself? in the guest spot, the number cruncher who set out to answer that question. john sides from george washington university and the co-author of the ebook spb the gam double." he's the author of a great blauth monkey cage. check it out if you want to learn anything about the presidential race. thanks for joining us. i want to start by having you explain your research because i read the first chapter of your book and you really get into this. i'd love for you to explain it to people. you looked at presidents going back six decades, measures approval rating against the economy. tell us what you found out about obama by
romney by four full points heading into the conventions suggesting that romney maybe didn't get much of a bounce from his vp selection of ryan. other polls show slightly different results. you're looking at an obama lead of one or two points. that's what it's been for a few months now. does any of this come as a surprise when you consider the state of the economy and unemployment well above 8%? you think obama might be doing worse than this. why is he outperforming himself? in the guest spot,...
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but romney's unfavorable rating in our poll hit 50%. his fave/unfave was pretty good shape in florida, pretty good shape in virginia. not the case in ohio. i think this tax -- these hits on his personal wealth and the tax returns have taken a greater toll on romney in ohio than any other battleground state. >> virginia stands in the poll at 49 for president obama, 44 for mitt romney. i had virgil goode on the show the other night. he's the third-party candidate that's qualified for the ballot in virginia, popular in his -- in his congressional district, he could pull republican vote, the theory is. what do you think the possible is of virgil goode being a real factor on election day? >> i think it's a huge factor. i know that the romney folks are trying everything they could to challenge his petitions, to keep him off the ballot. they didn't succeed. it's now unlikely they're going to be able to get him off the ballot. one point changes the calculus there. virginia is sort of demographically made for president obama. he's -- african-ame
but romney's unfavorable rating in our poll hit 50%. his fave/unfave was pretty good shape in florida, pretty good shape in virginia. not the case in ohio. i think this tax -- these hits on his personal wealth and the tax returns have taken a greater toll on romney in ohio than any other battleground state. >> virginia stands in the poll at 49 for president obama, 44 for mitt romney. i had virgil goode on the show the other night. he's the third-party candidate that's qualified for the...
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you have this poll we have been showing throughout the day. most electable. mitt romney. i don't think it's a major surprise. 48%. gingrich is 13% and ron paul with 12%. that led me to what he had to say about whether or not he is a friend candidate or appealing to young people with great we will have, but don't have a handle on what it takes to win a general election. >> i always say i'm mainstream. people who are attacking me now on the ones who can't defend their roars and are all over the place. >> what in his resume proves he is mainstream? you may like him, but to call him main strem? >> that's his take on who he is. we should remember one day before the iowa caucuses that they don't decide the nomination. there is a lot of focus on who it will be in iowa and that doesn't translate into who the nominee is. all this excitement and we will see how much there is. sometimes the excitement translated and in the case of mike huckabee. i remember howard dean very well. before we get carried away, we have to see what happens. we got his quirks. he is awe theuthentic and tha
you have this poll we have been showing throughout the day. most electable. mitt romney. i don't think it's a major surprise. 48%. gingrich is 13% and ron paul with 12%. that led me to what he had to say about whether or not he is a friend candidate or appealing to young people with great we will have, but don't have a handle on what it takes to win a general election. >> i always say i'm mainstream. people who are attacking me now on the ones who can't defend their roars and are all over...
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coming up, president obama and mitt romney blitzing the swing states as new polls suggest, romney is closing in on the president's advance with women voters. we'll talk to democratic chair, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. >>> washington democratic senator patty murray concerned that ohio could hold up the vote counting and tracking hurricane sandy next on "andrea mitchell reports." i'm glad we got cdw and cisco to design our data center. yeah, the cisco ucsc series server, with the intel xeon processors, help us scale smoothly, like a perfect golf swing. how was it before? clunky and full of unnecessary impediments. like charles' swing. i heard that. thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geic
coming up, president obama and mitt romney blitzing the swing states as new polls suggest, romney is closing in on the president's advance with women voters. we'll talk to democratic chair, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. >>> washington democratic senator patty murray concerned that ohio could hold up the vote counting and tracking hurricane sandy next on "andrea mitchell reports." i'm glad we got cdw and cisco to design our data center. yeah, the cisco ucsc series...
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one poll in july showed mr. romney polling at only 22% among hispanic voters. another one from nbc showed mr. romney with 23% of the latino vote. this week a poll from politico showed mr. romney had bounced all the way to a horrible 26%. mitt romney is failing to win over latino voters, really badly. and it's not just for esoteric reasons. it's not for stylistic reasons. it's for substance. mr. romney called arizona's "papers, please" law, the anti-immigrant sb-1070 law, as a model for the nation. he helped the lawyer who helped write that bill as a model for the nation. he said he would veto the dream act if congress passe
one poll in july showed mr. romney polling at only 22% among hispanic voters. another one from nbc showed mr. romney with 23% of the latino vote. this week a poll from politico showed mr. romney had bounced all the way to a horrible 26%. mitt romney is failing to win over latino voters, really badly. and it's not just for esoteric reasons. it's not for stylistic reasons. it's for substance. mr. romney called arizona's "papers, please" law, the anti-immigrant sb-1070 law, as a model...
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the president's favorability is now 52 in that poll. mitt romney's is at 41. romney's unfavorable is at 45, which, as they say, is underwater on that. it's a big jump, though. a big improvement for romney, who in april had a favorability of only 35. president had a four-point higher favorability of 56. so that favorability gap is closing. but the president still has a significant lead over romney with it. that is the polling that indicates there's a vulnerability for romney on character. >> oh, i absolutely agree. i mean, i wouldn't read too much into the jump in his favorability. a lot of that is just republicans who waited forever to get blind mitt romney. finally at this late day saying, yeah, we like the guy. we're with him. a lot of that is at work there. i'm thinking of the slogan you just quoted from john's piece there. whether they use it or not, there's another aspect of the massachusetts record that speaks directly to it. one of the reasons why romney left massachusetts and so unpopular is because he quit on the job half way through. he was elected i
the president's favorability is now 52 in that poll. mitt romney's is at 41. romney's unfavorable is at 45, which, as they say, is underwater on that. it's a big jump, though. a big improvement for romney, who in april had a favorability of only 35. president had a four-point higher favorability of 56. so that favorability gap is closing. but the president still has a significant lead over romney with it. that is the polling that indicates there's a vulnerability for romney on character....
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santorum second choice if you reallocate it, romney's lead gross in our poll, 49-33. we can all speculate, my assumption on this is there are voters for santorum uncomfortable with the person stuff with newt gingrich. >> santorum is a serious guy whether you agree with him or not, he has policies. he's not had an erratic past. a solid conservative. a respectable figure. he's a plausible candidate. i think those voters who would go to romney are saying newt is not electable. he has too much baggage. he's too nutty and too out there. i rather take my chances for the romney camp with gingrich. >> not just it is sort of this layer of work. >> here is the thing. if you're a santorum person, you're going to romney because you're not going to gingrich as a protest vote. that's gingrich's rationale. if they're saying i am not for santorum, i want to beat obama. >> stick around. i want to talk about a cold month that could be february for newt gingrich. what percentage of florida's population is 65 an older? answer, 17.3%. i am going to be looking for the exact figure. i know
santorum second choice if you reallocate it, romney's lead gross in our poll, 49-33. we can all speculate, my assumption on this is there are voters for santorum uncomfortable with the person stuff with newt gingrich. >> santorum is a serious guy whether you agree with him or not, he has policies. he's not had an erratic past. a solid conservative. a respectable figure. he's a plausible candidate. i think those voters who would go to romney are saying newt is not electable. he has too...
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romney's poll numbers are falling. it must be autumn. >> people are commenting that mitt romney has been looking extremely tan lately. he got tan. yeah. in fact, if romney gets any darker, he's not going to vote for himself. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day men's 50+ healthy advantage. can help make you a better investor. our e-trade 360 investing dashboard
romney's poll numbers are falling. it must be autumn. >> people are commenting that mitt romney has been looking extremely tan lately. he got tan. yeah. in fact, if romney gets any darker, he's not going to vote for himself. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry...
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just last month in the same poll, romney trailed by eight points. driving romney surge, a spike in republican enthusiasm, more republicans made it through pew's likely voter screen than democrats. and a larger group of registered voters, the candidates are tied at 46. while it's unlikely returns on election day make it unlikely in this pew sample that romney has the upper hand. and looking inside the pew numbers, we're looking at an unlikely -- now romney leads by six, 50-44. will we see that same shift in the battleground state polls? we'll have to see what happened what happens. >> this is the last day for voters to register to vote there, that's why they're both there. romney kicks off a two-day ohio journey, he'll be back in ohio again on friday. meanwhile the president holds an evening rally at ohio state university in columbus. by the way romney starts his day on a family farm in central iowa. another midwestern battleground state. paul ryan does his debate prep today in florida. the vice president signalled a new urgency to voters saying, quo
just last month in the same poll, romney trailed by eight points. driving romney surge, a spike in republican enthusiasm, more republicans made it through pew's likely voter screen than democrats. and a larger group of registered voters, the candidates are tied at 46. while it's unlikely returns on election day make it unlikely in this pew sample that romney has the upper hand. and looking inside the pew numbers, we're looking at an unlikely -- now romney leads by six, 50-44. will we see that...
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the romney campaign knows they are on the wrong side of the battleground polling, they're -- we've seen a little tightening in some of the national polling in the couple days. he has to move the needle in some way. it's not unprecedented in the history of presidential politics but there's a -- this race looks a lot like -- i have people annal guising it to the bob dole/bill clinton race in 1996 and by the time you got to the first dough bait in that -- debate in that race, they said they were abandoning dole, a slightly accelerated schedule of desperation and people bailing out, but it was a similar path. dole came in and the only possible way he was going to win if clinton had a heart attack on stage or intern wandered and testified that clinton had -- in the middle of the budgets. >> the word diddled has come up. >> none happened and the race was over. romney, a similar kind of situation. romney needs to change the game and so the pressure -- i think it's a very high stakes moment for him and a high pressure moment for him too. >> go ahead, liz. >> i was going to say, after watching c
the romney campaign knows they are on the wrong side of the battleground polling, they're -- we've seen a little tightening in some of the national polling in the couple days. he has to move the needle in some way. it's not unprecedented in the history of presidential politics but there's a -- this race looks a lot like -- i have people annal guising it to the bob dole/bill clinton race in 1996 and by the time you got to the first dough bait in that -- debate in that race, they said they were...
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romney is in second with 28%. again in second. and in the gallop poll, 32% for romney. santorum is right behind him at 30%. look at that. you have three things going on now, steve. santorum seems to be moving ahead in the polls. he's quickly getting the momentum here. so romney is not only falling behind, but he's beginning to fall behind significantly and he has to win february 28th in michigan or arizona. he better win in michigan. if he loses there and continues to fall in the polls, he may be dead meat. how do you turn that around if you're him now? >> one of the things, chris, when you look inside those numbers, he's losing ground with conservatives. he's losing ground with evangelicals and independent voters. if you're the romney campaign, you're looking at data that says you have to disqualify rick santorum, which i think is easier said than done as you look ahead to michigan. they are in a tough spot. the three losses had a huge impact in this race. i think the race is more wide open at this moment na than it is at any time since the beginning of the race. rick
romney is in second with 28%. again in second. and in the gallop poll, 32% for romney. santorum is right behind him at 30%. look at that. you have three things going on now, steve. santorum seems to be moving ahead in the polls. he's quickly getting the momentum here. so romney is not only falling behind, but he's beginning to fall behind significantly and he has to win february 28th in michigan or arizona. he better win in michigan. if he loses there and continues to fall in the polls, he may...
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, obama leads romney by 44 points. when you look at mr. ryan's vision on the -- clearly he's not going to help turn that around in my opinion. do you think mr. romney just wrote that vote off? >> yeah. maybe he's making the political calculation that by alienating latinos it'll bring him support in the base. that's an issue where romney stake issed out a position before the primary pivoting far to the right than the rest of the field. it seemed like it was going to be difficult to come back from that. he's been running way behind where john mccain was and certainly where former president bush was among latinos. now you have more latinos voting. it really puts the romney camp in a real disadvantage. paul ryan makes it even worse. >> catherine crier and margie omero, thank you for your time. [ male announcer ] the perfect photo... [ man ] nice! [ male announcer ] isn't always the one you plan to take. whoa, check it out. hey baby goat... no that's not yours... [ hikers whispering ] ...that's not yours. [ goat bleats ] na
, obama leads romney by 44 points. when you look at mr. ryan's vision on the -- clearly he's not going to help turn that around in my opinion. do you think mr. romney just wrote that vote off? >> yeah. maybe he's making the political calculation that by alienating latinos it'll bring him support in the base. that's an issue where romney stake issed out a position before the primary pivoting far to the right than the rest of the field. it seemed like it was going to be difficult to come...
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look at the gallup poll, romney is still neck and neck with obama. the big picture they see it as a pretty close race. >> thank you robert and david. >>> up next which former republican presidential candidate says he'd have a substantial lead over obama if he were a candidate. to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but bounty gives you value you can see. in this lab demo, one sheet of bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. so you can clean this mess with half as many sheets. bounty has trap and lock technology to soak up
look at the gallup poll, romney is still neck and neck with obama. the big picture they see it as a pretty close race. >> thank you robert and david. >>> up next which former republican presidential candidate says he'd have a substantial lead over obama if he were a candidate. to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry...
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. >> romney's pitch comes as polling shows president obama has the advantage in nine battleground states including razor-thin leads in north carolina and nevada and a bigger lead in mitt romney's vacation destination, new hampshire. all of it comes with a new headline from politico. in the end, it's mitt. all of us making a first presidential debate, which is less than one week away now even more critical for the governor. let's bring in "news nation" panel. david godfrin, michael and steve daise, conservative radio talk show host. thanks to you for being with me on this friday. steve, let me start with you. these new poll numbers, the head-to-head showing the president now ahead in all three states, north carolina, nevada and new hampshire. new hampshire, of course, romney's home away from home where he has a vacation spot. governor romney's favorables continue to be underwater in all but north carolina now. combine these numbers with what we've seen all week, how worried are republicans? how worried are they that we're approaching the point where it might be time to focus on the congre
. >> romney's pitch comes as polling shows president obama has the advantage in nine battleground states including razor-thin leads in north carolina and nevada and a bigger lead in mitt romney's vacation destination, new hampshire. all of it comes with a new headline from politico. in the end, it's mitt. all of us making a first presidential debate, which is less than one week away now even more critical for the governor. let's bring in "news nation" panel. david godfrin,...
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the president is also leading romney on six of eight issues polled. taxes, health care, medicare, social security, the war on terror and afghanistan. on the other two issues polled, jobs and the economy, and immigration, president obama and mitt romney poll in a statistical tie. joining me now is can democratic strategist and msnbc contributor, krystal ball, and "washington post" opinion writer and msnbc political analyst, e.j. dionne. krystal, you remember oldsmobile, right? >> the thing with romney. >> it's like his -- it's like it's his father talking about the automobile industry that he used to work in. >> you just want to shake your head. and he has this habit of he always has to take it that one step too far. that one step that goes even beyond where a normal pandering, spinning politician would go. and you can see that with the oldsmobile thing. you can even see it if you go back to that op-ed, let detroit go bankrupt. if he had just been a little more measured, then he wouldn't have this coming back to bite him now. and of course having to no
the president is also leading romney on six of eight issues polled. taxes, health care, medicare, social security, the war on terror and afghanistan. on the other two issues polled, jobs and the economy, and immigration, president obama and mitt romney poll in a statistical tie. joining me now is can democratic strategist and msnbc contributor, krystal ball, and "washington post" opinion writer and msnbc political analyst, e.j. dionne. krystal, you remember oldsmobile, right? >>...
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our poll shows obama beats romney 70% to 25% among latinos. romney sits 57% negative rating among latino voters. states like practice, nevada, colorado, why dolla teen owes distrust governor romney so much. >> you know, it goes back -- that -- the latino population is generally speaking part of the democratic base. and so what we are trying to do, obviously is reach out to all americans. no matter what they are -- ethnic back ground is and bring them aboard and have done a fine job. clearly, when you go into the very, very core of democratic base the toughest sell you have. they are very much loyal to that party and to the president. i think the key is that we are bring something aboard and our message important them as well as it is for all americans and that is we offer an opportunity for jobs. >> george w. bush won 40% of latino vote in 2004. so they are not completely loyal to one side. it shows there is room for growth. how come governor romney can't do that? >> we are doing everything we can. our message is clearly resonating with americ
our poll shows obama beats romney 70% to 25% among latinos. romney sits 57% negative rating among latino voters. states like practice, nevada, colorado, why dolla teen owes distrust governor romney so much. >> you know, it goes back -- that -- the latino population is generally speaking part of the democratic base. and so what we are trying to do, obviously is reach out to all americans. no matter what they are -- ethnic back ground is and bring them aboard and have done a fine job....
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a new poll shows that voters don't think that mitt romney is honest or trustworthy or likeable or admirable. i could go on and on. i think i will. >> morning, y'all. good to be with you. >> how excited are they about willard mitt romney? >> so far they're not. >> we know that romney has his own problems. >> mitt. >> chiefly likability. >> they're just not that into you. >> romney's favorable rating is 35%. his unfavorable rating is 47%. >> for all intents and purposes, everyone sees mitt romney as the nominee. >> for all intents and purposes. >> are you ready to endorse him? >> why hasn't rick santorum endorsed mitt romney yet? >> i'm not making official endorsements. >> i can't find anybody that's excited about romney. >> could it be he's out of touch? >> are you too rich to relate? >> corporations are people, my friend. >> he's a 1% if there ever was one. >> right now people would vote for romney if they think he's competent. >> mittsewing up the rock 'n' roll vote. >> mitt romney becomes president in november, i will either be dead or in jail. >> he's got kid rock, ted nuj e nugent, all
a new poll shows that voters don't think that mitt romney is honest or trustworthy or likeable or admirable. i could go on and on. i think i will. >> morning, y'all. good to be with you. >> how excited are they about willard mitt romney? >> so far they're not. >> we know that romney has his own problems. >> mitt. >> chiefly likability. >> they're just not that into you. >> romney's favorable rating is 35%. his unfavorable rating is 47%. >>...
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cautiously optimistic. >> one of those polls that r romney mentioned is the clemson poll. it shows gingrich ahead of rom mee by 6 points now. the posters predict gingrich will win e. what an amazing turn around week it's been for the top contend s contenders. all of a sudden, gingrich is back. he's back from a terrible beating he took. terrible beating in iowa. the defeat way back in the pack he took in new hampshire to now leading the polls in south carolina. a state we all thought was going to be a cinch to cinch the nomination really for romney. >> well, i didn't think it was going to be a cinch, chris. and i just came from a newt gingrich campaign in orangesburg. it was an overflow crowd. 1,200 people. these are your salt of the earth, conservative crowd. they were all there. newt gingrich was singing their song and speaking their language. and it's because of the debates. by my count, newt gingrich has now come back three times from the dead. and the way he did it here in south carolina is by using the debates to show that he's the kind of conservative combatant, toug
cautiously optimistic. >> one of those polls that r romney mentioned is the clemson poll. it shows gingrich ahead of rom mee by 6 points now. the posters predict gingrich will win e. what an amazing turn around week it's been for the top contend s contenders. all of a sudden, gingrich is back. he's back from a terrible beating he took. terrible beating in iowa. the defeat way back in the pack he took in new hampshire to now leading the polls in south carolina. a state we all thought was...